Ricardo Escobar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ricardo Antonio Escobar Acuña | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Penya Encarnada | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Audax Italiano | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2023 | Audax Italiano | 35 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Magallanes (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Coquimbo Unido (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Deportes Valdivia (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2024 | Deportes Limache | 10 | (0) |
| 2025 | Atlètic Amèrica | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Penya Encarnada | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| Chile U15 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2025 | |||
Ricardo Antonio Escobar Acuña (born 30 March 1998) is a Chilean footballer who plays as a defender for Andorran club Penya Encarnada.[1]
Career
A product of Audax Italiano youth system, Escobar was loaned to Coquimbo Unido in the 2021 season.[2]
In 2023, Escobar was loaned to Deportes Valdivia in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.[3]
In 2024, Escobar joined Deportes Limache in the Primera B.[4]
In January 2025, Escobar moved to Europe and signed with Andorran club Atlètic Amèrica alongside his compatriots Claudio Santis and Daniel Mansilla.[5] In June of the same year, he switched to Penya Encarnada in the Primera Divisió.[6]
Personal life
Escobar studied and got a degree in business management at the same time he played professional football.[7][6]
Honours
- Coquimbo Unido
References
- ^ Ricardo Escobar at Soccerway
- ^ "Ricardo Escobar estará a préstamo por un año en @coquimbounido" (in Spanish). Audax Italiano. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ @depvaldivia_oficial; (24 February 2023). "INCORPORACIONES 2023" (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 April 2023 – via Instagram.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (8 January 2024). "Limache remece a la B con un bicampeón de América y un ex Independiente". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Vera, Pablo (28 January 2025). "Tres jugadores chilenos dan el salto y llegan al fútbol de Europa". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
- ^ a b Arriaza, Bastian (26 June 2025). "Ascendió dos veces en Chile y hoy brilla en Europa: "Mi objetivo es quedarme a vivir acá"". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ "La esforzada historia de la joya de Audax que está a un paso de ser ingeniero comercial". chile.as.com (in Spanish). AS Chile. 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2021.